This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Eric Holder, Jack Quinn and the Rich pardon

It's premature to criticize Obama for his establishment-soothing appointments. But it's just as premature to heap praise on him for those appointments.
Glenn Greenwald

Read other letters about this article

  • Tuesday, December 2, 2008 04:55 PM

    OT International Human Rights Day

    December 10 is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document whose creation was presided over by Eleanor Roosevelt, and is thought of as basic to modern international human rights law.

    There are events going on in various communities, in the San Francisco Bay area, there is a joint UNA/WAC presentation on the U.S. and the ICC.

    http://www.itsyourworld.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=2381&SnID=291619515

    in case you live in the bay area.

    —ondelette Read ondelette's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

505

The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims

Tom Friedman explains the real problem: stupid Muslims think the U.S. is about war and aggression.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
426

A key British official reminds us of the forgotten anthrax attack

A vast array of establishment and expert sources do not believe this episode was really resolved.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
291

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Glenn Greenwald Read article
210

Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?

Was it unreasonable to expect him to adhere to his commitments regarding the Constitution?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
145

Bigotry wins in Switzerland

By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world
By Juan Cole Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon